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Core Connections: Helping Families Navigate the Digital World

Our role as a school district is not to predict the future, but to prepare our students to navigate it with skill, confidence, and integrity. Our Parent & Community Tech Series – Core Connections – aims to help families navigate the digital world.

Through three virtual sessions, Naperville 203 will dive deep into artificial intelligence, screen time and digital safety. Matt Langes, Director of Innovation & Learning, and Dr. Noor Shammas, Coordinator of Instructional Technology, will host the community sessions.

City of Naperville Officially Proclaims February 3 as "#203 Day"

The City of Naperville officially recognized the deep-rooted connection between its schools and the broader community on Tuesday evening, as Mayor Scott Wehrli issued a formal proclamation designating February 3, 2026, as #203 Day.

4th Annual Career Motive-8 Delivers Unforgettable Day of Hands-On Learning

Naperville School District 203, in strong partnership with the local business community, proudly reports a record success for the 4th Annual Career Motive-8, its premier 8th Grade Career Exploration Day.

Kennedy Junior High School Recognized as Inaugural Governor's Blue Ribbon School

Naperville 203 is proud to announce that Kennedy Junior High School has been recognized as a recipient of the prestigious 2025 Illinois Governor's Blue Ribbon Schools designation. This honor is a testament to the school’s exemplary academic performance and commitment to educational excellence.

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Profile of a Learner

Naperville Community Unit School District 203's Profile of a Learner strives to develop students who embody:

Learner's Mindset

Embrace curiosity to experience new ideas, while developing positive attitudes and beliefs about learning.
Possess the desire to learn, unlearn, and relearn.
Find and maximize opportunities to actively listen and elicit diverse perspectives from others.
Adopt a dynamic mindset, embracing flexibility and taking ownership, with intrinsic motivation and an eagerness to evolve

Adaptability

Work effectively in a climate of ambiguity and changing priorities, roles, and situations.
Demonstrate agility and resilience in thoughts and actions.
Respond productively to feedback, praise, setbacks, and criticism.
Understand, negotiate, and balance diverse views and beliefs to reach workable solutions.

Communication

Articulate thoughts and ideas effectively using oral, written, and nonverbal communication skills in a variety of forms and contexts.
Listen effectively to decipher meaning, including knowledge, values, attitudes, and intentions.
Use communication for a range of purposes and audiences including to inform, instruct, motivate, and persuade.
Seek, contribute, and respond to feedback to achieve collective outcomes.

Critical Thinking

Understand the bigger picture and propose solutions that consider the effects on the whole system.
Consistently improve the quality of one's own thinking by skillfully analyzing, assessing, and reconstructing.
Apply disciplined thinking that is clear, rational, open-minded, and informed by evidence.
Access, evaluate, and integrate information effectively, using appropriate tools and resources wisely, ethically, and efficiently.

Global Citizen

Demonstrate awareness, sensitivity, concern, and respect to connect with others' feelings, opinions, experiences, and culture.
Value and embrace diverse cultures and unique perspectives through mutual respect and open dialogue.
Demonstrate personal, civic, social, local, and global responsibility through ethical and empathetic behaviors.
Elicit diverse perspectives and contributions.